Method of producing reed articles



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M. B. LLOYD METHOD OF PRODUCING REED ARTICLES Filed Aug. 20 1920 INVE TOR 3.

TTORNEYS.

Patented July ?14, 11923.,

Mtjlt UNHW TAT MARSHALL B. LLOYD, OF MENOMINEE, MCHIGAN, -SSSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO LEVI H. GBEENWOOD AND GEORGE LA.. KEYYVQRTH, BOTE OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, AND WILLIAM E. HOLMAH, OF LEOMINSTEE, MASSACHUSETTS,

TRUSTEES.

METHOD OF PRODUCING EEED ARTICLES.

Application filed August 20, 1920.

To all whom it' may conocmt:

Be it known that I, MARSHALL B. LLoYD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Menominee, county of Menominee, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Producing Reed Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to the production of reed articles that are composed` of a treme and an independently woven reed fabric. This type of article, and the general methods for the production thercof, is disclosed in Patents Nos. 1243979, 13243980, l,24c3,081 and 1243982, granted to me October 16,1917.

My inventions, ot which the above mentioned patents are illustrations established the practice of producing reed articles by making the reed fabric independent of the frame, in a manner convenient for the weaving operation, and thereafter placing the fabric upon and securing it to the frame. It is desirable that the fabric applied to the article frame shall have the appearance of being woven into the frame as is characteristic of those articles which are pro- 'duced under former methods wherein the stakes are secured in the frame and the 'fabric woven thereon.

The general object of my invention is to provide a method whereby reed articles having a 'rame can be produced by making the fabric independently of the frame and thereafter applying it to the frame in such manner that the resulting articles shall in appearance be similar to that of articles wherein the fabric is woven as a part of the frame.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a method of producing reed articles having a frame and an independently woven reed fabric whereby the fabric can very easily be secured to the frame with such a de gree of permanence as in efi'ect to constitute a part thereof.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a' reed article having an independently woven reed fabric that shall be of durable character, of pleasing appearanc e, and which shall be of such Construction as to lend itself to quantity production by unskilled workers.

My invention consists generally in an Serial No. &04,795.

article of inanufacture, and in the steps, acts and stated sequence thereof for producing such an article, whereby the above named ObjGCS, together with others that will appear hereinai ter, are attainable; and my invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate what I consider at the present time to be the preferred embodiment thereof.

In said drawings:

Fig. l, is a plan view of a piece of fabric prepared for application to'the back of a chaii Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the frame of a chair for the back of which the fabric shown in Fig. l is designed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the chair in its completed form.

Fig. e is a sectional View substantially on the line 4L-4- of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a persnective view of an endless or tubular reed fabric designed for application to the back of a chair.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a chair to the back of which the 'fabric oi' Fig. 5 is applied.

x ig'. 7 is asectional View substantially on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a perspcctive view of a tubular r ed fabric designed for the bottom part of the chair.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a chair to which a abric of the character shown in Fig. 8 is applied.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view substantially on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9; and

Fig ll is a perspective view of another form of reed article manutactured in accordance with my invention.

Only a few types of reed articles are shown in the drawings but these, it should be understood, are by way of illustration only and not by way of limitation.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 to 4 of the' drawings l, represents the frame of a chair which may be of usual or desired construction. As here shown, the bottom of the chair is composed of rigidly connected board members 2 arranged in rectangular form. Downwardly therefrom depend the legs 5 and upwardly at the rear will be found the side vertical members 4 which are cross connected as by means of the Inembers 6 and 7. The rear legs are also cross connected as by member 3. The members et, 6 and 7 constitute the back ot the chair treme and as here shown they are circular in cross section, i. e. of the dowel like form ex tensively used' in the production of reed articles.

With respect to Fige. l to t nclusive I shall describe only the censtrwtion of the back and in Fig. 3 the bottom otthe chair is shown with tabric applied thereto simply to llustrute how tne completed article will appear.

As before intmeted the tabric which is to cover the back is woven indepen'lentl o E the treme and e piece of suitul e size is shown in Fig. l.. The reed 'ubric is con posed of e plurality of spaced s e members 8 around which fillor strends 9 are ,intertwined. The stuke members 8 ere ordinznrili reletively stitl and rigid and 7 L to e considerable degree any tendenr-v to bend or kini: them whe-reas the liler stran is 9 are ot a more plable character and ere 'l'elllj' ecuuse ol: e members;

ntertwined around the stekcs. the relative ri idit v ot the sti and their some'whet large size lend 'themselves readil, to shupin around the dowel members ot' the :treme and in uuy eventthey are so proneuiaced ;IS to e cetu ate the fact that the tebric is appled to end not woven on the treme. This is one ot the features which it is the object et iziv invention to overcome. I might here st that where reed articles ore menu'l'ectui d by the usual hand method ot securiug the stakes in the article :treme and wearing the fillerstrend over and under the st-.lies it is the customary practice to wrap the fillor strend around the end treme m `bei-s. This serves as a means of tyin; the ibric to the treme and at the same tine serves to provide ai very pleasing bre finish to the treme members.

I have devised u method of sinmltin i this wrepped cheecterstic in en arti-: le in which the fabric is woven in'le1 endently ol' the treme. To this end l provid i u piece oi" reed fabric the body o' which is provided with regularly speced stele 'iembers but which along the edge portions has one or more of the stakes omitted thus providing strip. portions as indiceted :it 10 and ll in Fig. 1 which consist only ot filler strunds. I pretor to bind the extreme edgesot the por-- tions 10' and' ll` as by means of inetnll:: binder strips 12 and 13 which strips nerv. it' desred be of the 'form diseiosed in my Pet-- ent Ne. 1,336 5Tl, dated April 'Ji-3, 192&

I am not concerned vitally with the man-- ner in which e tebric of this character is provided and it may provided either by orignally weaving; it with portions in which the formed febric., e. e reed tebric in which stakes' :tre spaced throughout initielly and then one or more ot the stakes withdrawn to provide the desired etiect.

Having 'irovided e piece of fzibric ot the character s iown in Fig. l, i epplythis to the treme by wrtip 'iing the strip portions 10 and lil around the dowel treme members l, preferably securing the metallic strip portions to the rezir purts ot the treme members as is well shown in Fg, 45. In this position the metullire binder st'ips are hidden from view and do not theret'ore detractfrom the uppeerance ot the article. ht the same time by wrapping the fillor str and strip portions ::round the dovrei lille treme mem'- bers most ot the struins to which the back is suliijeeted in use will be taken by the iran'ie members t. That is to sayno direct pul! will be inposed upon the tusteniug devices tending to loosei'i them ;From the treme;

It will be observed thot the body portion of the tabrc i. e. thot portion coi'tainng the stakes is ot su'liicient width just to fill the space between the a'erti 'treme members l. .By this ronstruction the treme members ot the article present "u uppezrance which precticelly indistinguislieble from the wrapped uopeurauce heretotore characteristc of those articles in which the febric i woven as a( part ol? the treme. Also by the construction heren shown the permanence ot' the tostening is pructically equal to that whereu the tobrii; is tied to the treme in the course: ot' weaving.

In the Construction shown in Figs. l to 4( it is possible to see the tastenng means it careful inspect-ich be made ot the reverse side ot' the beci; end tor some ot' the more expensive articles this may not be desirable.

in lfigs. 5, 6 and ll have illustra ted zin article end ;i method ol? groducng the same in which. this :le'ture is obviuted. The chair shown in i ir 6 may have u treme substan- 'tially like tliht shown in Fig. 2, and while the lower port e"? the chair is shown With tubi-ic thereon only the upper or back of the chair will be desc "ibed, inesmuch as that is the pertiauler i uture ot? interest.

For the manutacture ot' the chair back shown in Fig. 6 I first produce a tubuler 'tabrie (see Fig. 5) which is ,composed ot' a plurelity of Stoke members 14 around which fillor strands 15 are intertwined. At dametrically opposte zones I provide the strip portions l6 which ere composed only of filler strands. As in the case of fabrio shown in the Fig. l it may be provided in any desirable nienner as by producng e fabrc of the usual ;term and thereetter removing the desred number of stakes or by initially producing a tebric from which stekesxhaive been omitted along those zones or portions. The tubular tabric shown in Fig. 5 is of a size such as snugly to encompass' the end members 4 of the treme, best shown in Fig. 7,

and the strip portions 16 are positioned to embrace or form themselves around the outer parts of the frame members 4. By this arrangenent the same Wrapped appearance characteristic or" the article described with reference to Figs. l to 4- is produced and at the same time no fastening device of any nature is discernable no matter from what angle the article may be viewed. Because of the encompassing relation of the tubular abric to the spaced frame members there is a natural tendency for the fabric to adhere to the frame, and hence but little additonal fastening means is required.

The samegeneral method of Construction is suitable for providing the bottom of a chair and such a Construction is illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10. Inasmuch as there are four legs over which the fabric is to pass, I provide four strip portions 17 (see Fig. 8) from which the stakes have been omitted. This fabrio is placed over the frame and the portions 17 are partly wrapped around the leg portons as is well shown in Figs. 9 and 10, thereby presenting the desired characteristics heretofore enumerated. 4

Fig. 11 illustratcs another form o' article having tour legs or standards 18 around which tubularabric similar to that shown in Fig. 8 may be wrapped thus presenting, as at 19, the desired characteristic indicative of the intimate union between the ;trame and the fabric. V i a Reed articles are much used where appearance is quite as important as utility and the method herein shown and described and the article produced thereby result in greatly en hancing the appearance of the article as well as reducing its cost and increasing its durability.

In qualifying the fabrio or its elements as reed in the specification or claims, I mean to limit my invention to fabric, the elements of which co-operate in the m anner above described as characteristic of the stake and V strand fabrc made of reed, but to embrace the method for producing the same will be understood by those skilled in this art without further comment.

I claim: a

1. The method of producing reed articles that consists in providing a treme, in providing an ndependently woven piece of reed fabric having along one side thereof a portion that is conposed only ol' filler strands and the ends of which are secured by a binder strip, and in securing the tabric'to the frame so that the filler strand portion is positioned over the frame member with the binder strip upon the rear side of said frame member.

2. The method of producing reed articles that consists in providing a frame, in providng an independently woven piece of reed fabric having along one side thereof portion from which at least one stale has been omitted and the edge portion of which is embraced by a binder strip, and in securing the fabric to the frame so that the filler strand portion is positioned over the frame member with the binder strip upon the rear side of said frame member.

3. The method of producing reed articles that consists in providing a 'rame, in providing an independently woven piece of reed fabric having along` opposite sides thereott portions that are conposed only of filler strands and the ends of which are Secured in binder strips, and in securing the fabric to the frane by wrapping the filler strand portion around the iframe member and securing the binder strips to the 'rame member.

4. The method of producing reed articles that consists in providing a frame, in providing an independently woven piece of reed fabric having along opposite sides thereo portions from` which at least one stake has been omtted, and the edges of which are seoured in binder strips, and in securing the fabric to the frame by wrapping the fillor strand portion around the ;trame member and securing the binder strips to the frane member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 26th day of J ulv, 1920.

MARSHALL B. LLOYD. 

